February 9, 2024
Scientists hope to advance precision medicine through the discovery of a gene variant that leads to the same phenotype in separate high-dwelling populations while taking a different evolutionary path.
February 22, 2012
…San Diego Intensive 10-week research program attracts undergraduates from across the country Hundreds of undergraduates from across the country apply each year to attend the prestigious Amgen Scholars Program at UC San Diego. Leandro Gallo, a graduate student in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California,…
November 7, 2011
…UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center to honor a veteran staff member or student who has gone above and beyond his or her campus career duties to impact their surroundings or community. UC San Diego’s vice chancellor for Research, Sandra Brown, will be the keynote speaker. Her career includes managing…
April 25, 2024
UC San Diego electrical and computer engineering PhD student Andrew Bourhis won the top prize at the 42nd annual Jacobs School of Engineering Research Expo for his work to integrate thin film transistors into easier-to-use flexible electrode arrays, which could enable much more precise mapping of human brain activity.
August 7, 2013
One of the most basic and intensively studied processes in biology—one which has been detailed in biology textbooks for decades—has gained a new level of understanding, thanks to the application of simple math to a problem that scientists never before thought could benefit from mathematics.
June 2, 2022
…sociology, has also been researching and publishing on pedagogy. The two areas—political sociology and pedagogy—are not unrelated, though. Some of the same insights apply in both: It’s not enough to talk about community and inclusivity, for example. To become real, these values must be put into practice. Community is one…
March 1, 2023
Four UC San Diego faculty have been selected as 2023 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows, a prestigious award for early-career scientists of outstanding promise. The fellowships are awarded in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions.
March 7, 2013
…of their careers and research.” The Allen Distinguished Investigators award exemplifies the success being seen through the UC San Diego Young Investigator Program. The program was developed by the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR), in collaboration with the Division of Academic Affairs and other campus partners, to connect…
July 15, 2020
From mRNA vaccines entering clinical trials, to peptide-based vaccines and using molecular farming to scale vaccine production, the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing new and emerging nanotechnologies into the frontlines and the headlines.
June 17, 2020
Nanoparticles cloaked in human lung cell membranes and human immune cell membranes can attract and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture, causing the virus to lose its ability to hijack host cells and reproduce.
